The Silent Friend

In the heart of a botanical garden in a German university town stands a majestic ginkgo tree - an ancient mother of the garden and silent witness to three epochs and three human destinies.

In 2020, a neuroscientist from Hong Kong begins an unexpected experiment beneath its crown. Half a century earlier, a young man undergoes transformation through a simple bond with a plant. And in 1908, the university's first female student discovers incredible patterns of the universe through subtle photographs.

Ildikó Enyedi returns with a film meditation that, through the testimony of the ginkgo, poses a simple question: what does it mean to be human and truly belong somewhere?